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K E Y C L U B Official Newsletter of Midwood Highschool Key Club District 9
2839 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn New York 11210
January 2010
Volume 2, Issue 1
A W
alk Dow
n Mem
ory Lane. Good
bye 2009! New
Year Com
es with Resolutions.
“I pledge on my honor, to uphold the objects of Key Club International; to build my home, school, and
community; to serve my nation and god and to combat all forces, which tend to undermine these
institutions.”
What’s Inside!
Key Clubbers Resolutions…………………...1
President Anum Afzaal…….……………..…2
Treasurer Fiona Ho……………………………3
Member Highlights…………………………...4
Divisional Recap………………………………5
Convention Contest…………………………6
Convention 2010……………………………..7
Ways to be Connected……………………..8
“To get some more sleep.” – Andy Yee’11
“To make new friends and meet more people.”--Phillip Chen’11
“To work harder in school and stay healthy throughout the year.”—Fiona Ho’11
“To do better in my AP classes and grow taller.” –Jason Cen’11
“To score 2100 on my SAT’s.” – Yan Yan’11
“To be able to talk to every single person on my “yeahokay” category of my buddylist at least once a month.”—Emily Lew’11
“To gain stronger biceps and a six pack.”—Henry Zhao’11
“To concentrate more on school and procrastinate less.” – Anum Afzaal’11
“To put more time into studying the subjects than playing games.”—Simon Mei’11
“To study for the SATs and work harder to improve in handball.”—Helen Yiu’11
“To eat healthy, and take 1000+ pictures.”—Winnie Yan’11
“To get into better shape.”—Kevin Lu’11
H e l l o K e y C l u b b e r s ! It is finally the Spring semester! This means we only have a few months left in the 2009-2010 Key
Club year! Even though we had less time than last semester, we will implement a greater impact in our
community and the world as a whole.
In January, we wrapped up the first semester, and with the February 11 meeting, we will start the new
semester contributing our time for the most critical of situations, such as the Haiti Earthquakes.
Key Club meetings always had high attendances last semester and we hope to continue that this
Spring. As schedules change, some of you may not be able to attend the meetings. That does not mean
you cannot be a part of Key Club! Member participation is usually less in the Spring than in the Winter,
but you guys can change that.
Keep up with the club through emails and the blogspot. If you want to know about the latest
projects, do not hesitate to email us and ask. If you cannot attend the period 10 or 11 meetings, feel free
to stop by room 245, period 9, and find out about the agenda of the meeting.
Keep in mind, there is no meetings period 9, so you will not be
getting attendance credit for just coming in period 9. This is solution
is for those members who have practice or work.
The Spring semester is filled with events and projects that you all
can look forward to. Don't forget convention (or Leadership
Training Conference 2010). Now that we have a way to fundraise for
our events, members will be able to legitimately ask people for
donations.
I am very optimistic about our upcoming events and look
forward to start working with all of you again!
Remember, the officers are there to provide you with the
information that you need, do not hesitate to approach us!
Yours in service,
Anum Facebook
Anum Afshizzle
Aim:
Redfly62
Email:
Phone Number:
646-670-1571 (Text)
H e y K e y C l u b b e r s! This is Fiona, your club treasurer.
I am so glad to be a part of Key Club: to give back to the community and
help the people who really need it.
Key Club has always been one of my highest priorities. I love the feeling of
knowing that something I did helped someone. Key Club has opened my eyes:
showing me that I am lucky for a lot of things that I have and things I take for
granted, which is why I want to give back.
You guys truly have no idea how much every little thing you guys are doing
is helping someone in this world no matter what event or project we do, or how
small it is, it truly is a tremendous help to people who need it.
We have had a good turnout this year of dedicated members in the club.
We just hope to see more members join the club and for more to realize that this
isn't like any other club to get credit for, but to help those in need and volunteer
at events such as walks and events such as the Fort Hamilton Holiday Party.
Just recently, tragedy has struck Haiti; we as a club are trying our best to
help them with donations by asking for donations in turn for a “help Haiti, save
Haiti bracelet.”
We have so much more events coming up to help out more people out there
so keep up the good work everyone, and remember every little bit helps.
Your Treasurer,
Fiona Facebook
Fiona Ho Chung
Phone Number 917-608-3576 (Text)
Email [email protected]
Aim iitsmszfiona
“Member Highlights is exclusively a page to exemplify four Key Clubbers who shows great
dedication for the club and takes an extra step when it comes to service and volunteering. You
are probably thinking to yourself, “I will never have that opportunity because I don’t have the
time to do everything in Key Club.” Well you are wrong, to be member of the month, you
don’t’ have to commit your daily lives to Key Club. During events, stand out and you will be
able to catch the attention of the officers. It is not about knowing that you did everything that
makes member of the month; it is that we feel you were using your unselfish heart to help
another person in need.
“At first, I joined Key Club to earn service credits, but as
weeks passed by, I realized that my purpose for continuing to
be in this club has changed. I am now a member of Key Club
to help and support many people around the world.
While Key Club allows me to make new friends and meet
new people, it also gives me the opportunity to get involved in
my community and being able to help others that are in need
through the activities that we do.
I am proud to be an active member of Key Club because I
am making a difference in someone’s life.”
“ I saw how bad people have it in Africa and it made me realize how
lucky I am, so I decided to help them in the most convenient way:
joining Key Club.
Key Club is important to me because it makes me feel like I’m doing
something to help those less fortunate than me.
Being a Key Clubber makes me feel happy because I am doing
something to make the lives of others easier, no matter how little or
how much I am doing.”
Great Job! To all those members who attended the Key
Club Divisional at Edward R. Murrow Highschool. The
weather was great; most of us played handball or football at the
field after class and then walked down the block together to
divisional.
At this divisional, we set the record for the highest
attendance out of all the schools and history of Midwood’s
attendance at divisionals. We had roughly 99 out of 150
members at this divisional, this shows how much we care about
the club and school pride to show that we can do it better than
them. Lieutenant Governor Tiffany Kwong was also proud of the high attendance that she received at this divisional.
At this divisional, Tiffany discussed many insights she had for the last few month as being LTG. She announced
great news of running for Governor, the highest officer position in Key Club. If she wins, she’ll take the position of
Allen Yu, taking over the responsibility of looking over not only clubs in Brooklyn but the whole New York State.
Brooklyn Tech Club President is making an Ice Skating event
attempting to fundraise for Make a Wish Foundation. The Ice
Skating event will be held at Aviator Skating Rink with a admission
of $15 per person. The profit will be donated to “Make a Wish
Foundation” which helps grant “wishes” to those children with
medical disabilities. Ice Skating at other places are about the same
price so why not give the money to a good cause and come down to
come down and have a great time with all your friends and fellow
Key Clubbers.
Division 9 will be holding a fundraising event in behalf of
“Save the Music Foundation” which is called “Battle of the Bands.”
All schools are invited to attend this event including their school
bands. “Save the Music Foundation” is a non profit organization that helps put music education back and into schools
that don’t have the financial ability to maintain a music program. The foundation will donate them money, instruments,
or any music material to maintain a music program.
A new Key Club year will begin in April after Convention; this means we will need to elect a new Lieutenant
Governor. All Key Clubbers are eligible to apply for this
position but you will be going through a interview with
Tiffany and Mr. Gioia to see if you are qualified for this
position. It requires full commitment and a lot of
socializing time with friends.
What we are all excited about will be the 62nd Annual
Leadership Training Conference taking place in upstate New
York. You will have a great time meeting Key Clubbers from
all over the state and your leaders that help make Key Club
helpful and enjoyable at the same time.
Evaluation Criteria Requirements
Originality – 10 points
Creativity – 10 points
Promotion of Key Club – 20 points
Clarity of message – 10 points
Projection of idea – 10 points
Sound quality – 10 points
Picture quality – 10 points
Overall impression – 20 points
The cost of the video must not
exceed US $250
Should be promotion of Key Club
within School or community
No more than 60 seconds
Final video must be submitted on
a DVD with name, contact
information, and submission
Originality – 10 points
Creativity – 10 points
Artistic ability – 10 points
Promotion of Key Club – 10 points
Effectiveness of membership recruitment –
15 points
Ability to reproduce the posters via printing
– 10 points
Overall appearance – 30 points
Designed to recruit new members
of Key Club, and should not bear
the name of any school,
community, or district
Dimensions should be 17 x 22
inches
Include name of Key Club,
district, contact name and
information.
Contest
Cover artwork – 10 points
Interior artwork – 20 points
News clippings and photographs – 20
points
Service to school – 10 points
Service to community – 10 points
Fundraising projects – 10 points
Assistance to Kiwanis Projects – 10
points
Involvement with MEP – 10 Points
Miscellaneous – 10 points
The scrapbook may contain
pictures, souvenirs,
newspapers clippings
Each book must be
subdivided into categories:
service to school, service to
community, fundraising
projects, assistance to
Kiwanis Projects,
involvement with MEP,
Miscellaneous.
Pages also must be numbered
To sum up every Key Club year, which is from April to April, there, will be contests at the Leadership Training
Conference otherwise known as Convention. There are 3 contests that the Club will be participating this year: Club
Video Contest, Poster Contest, and the Club Scrap Book Contest. Please speak to any officer if you are interested in
the Club Poster Contest or the Scrap Book contest, you might have to join a committee where you work with others.
FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH RULES AND REQUIREMENTS FIRST!
We officers appreciate that despite everyone’s busy lifestyle with AP’s, work, volunteer, or any other extracurricular
activity you still make a effort to be in Key Club. This page presents all the ways you may contact any of the
officers if you have any questions regarding events and it keeps you updated about what is going on in the club.
However, this does not give you the chance to not attend meetings.
E M A I L [email protected]
Each of the officer’s personal email address has been published on either
this newsletter of previous newsletter. Any questions, concerns, or anything
that we ask you to email us about will go directly to the club’s email address.
Please understand that we officers are busy too, so it will take a while for you
to get a response.
B L O G S P O T Midwoodhskeyclub.blogspot.com
This blogspot will become the second best friend you have in Key
Club. On this page, you will find information about any of the past
events in the club and future events such as meetings, walks, fundraising
opportunities, etc. Contact numbers of all the officers are posted here
and other miscellaneous information.
So what do most students do right after starting up their computers? Log on to
facebook and catch up on what is happening. You can stay connected with
what’s happening in Key Club through your number one best friend, facebook.
Midwood Key Club 2010
This is the facebook group for the club this year and it will probably be for all the
future years of Key Club in Midwood Highschool. Events will be created in
advance to remind you of any meetings, walks, or events that are happening.
New York District Key Club
This is the facebook group for Key Club in the State of New York. Join it to learn
about governor projects and any district events that are coming up.
Key Club International.
This if the facebook group for Key Club all around the world.